The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)
Original title: Vynález zkázy
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne is a 1958 Czech-language adventure movie directed by Karel Zeman, with a running time of 1h 23m. It stars Lubor Tokoš, Jana Zatloukalová and Arnošt Navrátil.
As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.
Where to watch The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Stream: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Lubor Tokoš as Šimon Hart
- Jana Zatloukalová as Jana
- Arnošt Navrátil as Profesor Roche
- Miloslav Holub as Count Artigas
- František Šlégr as Pirate Captain
- Otto Šimánek as The Man on the Train
- Václav Kyzlink as Ing. Serke
- František Řehák
- Václav Babka
- Alena Kreuzmannová as Jana (voice)
- Felix le Breux as Head Physician (voice)
- František Černý as Capt. Spade